Evil Geniuses
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Dota 2: 2011-10-24
Evil Geniuses, often abbreviated as EG, is one of the oldest North American professional gaming organisations. Founded in 1999, EG is known to have highly successful players in every competitive game they feature and is considered by many to be one of the most premier gaming organisations that exist today. EG was previously a member of the G7 Teams association.
History[edit]
Entering the Dota 2 Scene[edit]
In October 2011, following The International 2011, Evil Geniuses announced the formation of their new Dota 2 division, including the return of two former DotA players, Jimmy "DeMoN" Ho and Clinton "Fear" Loomis. Their first roster consisted of Amel "PlaymatE" Barudzija, Jimmy "DeMoN" Ho, Rasmus "MiSeRy" Berth Filipsen, Clinton "Fear" Loomis and Per-Anders "Pajkatt" Olsson Lille.[1] The team's first job was travelling to China to bootcamp for the future tournaments they would participate in the region including SMM 2011 and G-League Season 3. They managed to get to the Quarter Finals in the second edition of the World DotA Championship and then proceeded to play SMM 2011. However, due to issues with renewing his visa, PlaymatE had to depart early and was temporarily replaced with Chinese player Luo before the tournament began. Picking a unique strategy, the team was able to gain a convincing lead against MiTH.Trust in the Winners Bracket of the tournament, when suddenly a player of the MiTH squad crashed. This forced a replay of the entire match due to a controversial ruling which stated that the system which determined who was leading in the case of a crash or technical issue was only applicable after a certain amount of in game time had passed. Because of this and other problems regarding the organization of the tournament, EG decided to boycott SMM[2]. In G-League Season 3 they failed to make it past the group stage. After the players returned home and a subsequent brief break, they shifted their focus fully to Dota 2, with a mindset of quickly reaching the highest levels of competition.
2012 and 2013[edit]
Pajkatt decided to leave the team to play with his countrymen in Loda's new team eXperience Gaming, starting in January 2012,[3] and on the 22nd of February 2012 it was announced that he would be replaced by Dominik "Lacoste" Stipic. The team also announced that Jacob "Maelk "Toft-Andersen,[4] two former Meet Your Makers teammates of MiSeRy and PlaymatE had joined the team. DeMoN is announced to be the official backup player. Even wuth having a six man roster, the team struggled to field a full lineup at times and often used stand-ins. in May 2012, the two It's Gosu eSports players BuLba and Universe who were announced to replace MiSeRY, Playmate and Lacoste,[5] who wanted to practice more seriously and often than the rest of the team and thus following his former teammate Pajkatt to join CLG, Lacoste and PlaymatE on the 8th of May 2012 resulting in making Evil Geniuses a primarily American based team.
Despite never leaving the higher tier of competitive Dota 2, the team struggle in mid-2012 due to their Danish captain Maelk rarely being available because of various vacations and other commitments. On 12 September 2012, rumours started that BuLba and UNiVeRsE had left the team due to personal problems with some of the other team members.[6]. In another rumour, it was said that Jeyo from Team compLexity wold be joining to fill in one of the missing spots, but this was refuted by compLexity's CEO. Nonetheless, Jeyo had been playing for EG under the alias '007' with Bdiz playing as their fifth stand in.
Both players were officially announced as part of Evil Geniuses roster on October 19, 2012.[7]
In May 2013, Evil Geniuses announced that their team captain Maelk would became the team's new coach and that Dutch player SexyBamboe had joined the team. The team also moved into a new team house in Phoenix, Arizona, to start their training for The International 3, five months away.[8] But after a lackluster tournament in August, changes were made to the team roster on September 19th, with former Dignitas players Fogged and UNiVeRsE joining the team. This led to the departure of DeMoN, who had been part of the team since its Dota 2 beginnings in 2011.[9]
New Team[edit]
S A D B O Y S[edit]
After five months with the renewed roster, the team seemed to have fallen apart over the holidays, and in late January 2014 team captain Fear and off-laner UNiVeRsE were seen to stand-in for up-and-coming team S A D B O Y S together with former HoN pros ppd and zai as well as up-and-coming Canadian player Arteezy. When Fogged was later seen to playing for Team Dog, the rumors that the rest of the S A D B O Y S roster was joining Evil Geniuses were already all but confirmed. With an impressive 16-2 game record with Fear and UNiVeRsE as stand-ins, Arteezy, ppd and zai were finally picked up by the Evil Geniuses organization on February 21st 2014.[10]
After several weeks of inactivity due to a wrist injury, Fear decided to go inactive temporarily and pulled himself out of the team lineup for several prominent tournaments (Including The Summit and The International 4), though he stayed active in the scene by commentating and coaching EG to a first place victory at The Summit and a third place finish at The International 4[11]. To fill the empty spot EG named long-time standin mason as their fifth player as Fear's replacement[12]. Shortly after TI4, the team held a private meeting where it was decided that mason would be removed from the team,[13] despite the team's successful run, which included the best TI result of a North American team to date, with him. On August 22nd, Evil Geniuses announced that Fear would return to active play.[14]
With the original S A D B O Y S roster restored, the team went on to dominate international LANs in the second half of 2014. A second place finish at ESL One New York behind Vici Gaming, a top four finish at Dota Pit, and three first place finishes at WESC 2014, StarLadder, and DreamLeague would conclude Evil Geniuses's most successful year. However, the year would have a shocking conclusion.
Team Secret Rivalry: DAC and TI5[edit]
In January 2015, Arteezy and zai abruptly departed the team to join Team Secret,[15] citing friction between Arteezy and captain ppd. This roster change could not have come at a worse time, as the largest LAN event outside of The International was scheduled be held in February 2015: the Dota 2 Asia Championships (DAC), with a prize pool of over $3,000,000 USD. Luckily, Aui_2000 had just been released from Cloud9 and together with the young pubstar Suma1L, Evil Geniuses was able to put together a full roster in time to prepare for DAC. Suma1L, days before his 16th birthday, showed an explosive performance at DAC, sweeping Team Secret and his predecessor Arteezy in the Lower Bracket Finals and finally sweeping Vici Gaming (after dropping to them in the Upper Bracket Finals) 3-0 in the Grand Finals, on the back of Suma1L's Storm Spirit.
In the run up to The International 2015, Team Secret would take their revenge on Evil Geniuses, besting them in the Grand Finals for both The Summit and ESL One Frankfurt. Despite winning the next largest tournament of the year, DAC, Evil Geniuses did not go into TI5 as favorites, thia distinction was given to Team Secret. Placed in different groups, both teams easily qualified for the Upper Bracket of the main event, where they would have met in the second round if both teams won their first match. The much anticipated match-up would never happen, and EG would go on to face EHOME in the second round instead. Evil Geniuses repeated their run from DAC, losing to CDEC Gaming in the Upper Bracket Finals, going on to sweep LGD Gaming in the Lower Bracket Finals and finally taking their revenge on CDEC in the Grand Finals, beating them 3-1,[16] once again with Suma1L playing his signature Storm Spirit. However, the defining moment of the tournament would be the so-called "6 Million Dollar Echo Slam": CDEC, having killed Suma1L's Storm Spirit moved to Roshan's Pit to claim the Aegis but were stopped short by UNiVeRsE and ppd and their Echo Slam-Ice Blast combination.
A new Grand Champion has been crowned, and a new inscription will be set upon the Aegis of Champions:
2015
Evil Geniuses
Clinton “Fear” Loomis
Syed “Suma1l” Hassan
Saahil “UNiVeRsE” Arora
Kurtis “Aui_2000” Ling
Peter “ppd” Dager
Valve Dota Team
2015/16: The New Majors[edit]
The Frankfurt Major & The Shanghai Major[edit]
In April 2015, Valve announced their plans for improving the competitive Dota 2 landscape as a whole by hosting an annual series of four marquee tournaments for the 2015-2016 season.[17] The first Valve-sponsored Dota Major Championship Event, The Frankfurt Major, was announced in September 2015. It featured a fixed prize pool of $3,000,000 and was hosted by ESL at Festhalle Messe in Frankfurt, Germany. As TI Champions, Evil Geniuses were assured a direct invite to this tournament.
On August 14th 2015, only a week after their historic victory at The International, the team decided to make a controversial roster change: Aui_2000, whose Naga Siren and Techies warranted first phase bans, was surprisingly removed from the roster. [18] With this change, Arteezy rejoined the roster as carry and Fear moved to Aui's position as roaming support. The new roster was debuted at ESL One New York and was eliminated in the first round by eventual champions Vega Squadron. However, their next LAN attendance would show a dramatic improvement, with a second place finish at the MLG World Finals, where they were only beaten by their rivals Team Secret. These would be the only two tournaments that EG participated in before the important Frankfurt Major.
The team looked to be in form again for the first Major of the season. They easily topped their group ahead of Virtus.pro, securing themselves a spot in the Upper Bracket of the main event. In the first two rounds, EG was able to take their revenge on Vega Squadron and once again defeat CDEC Gaming, before once again meeting Team Secret in the Upper Bracket Final. However, they were denied entry into the Grand Finals and subsequently lost the Lower Bracket Finals to OG, who would go on to become the first Major Champions. Shortly after the Major, the new roster was able to secure their first LAN victory with a 3:2 victory over Virtus.pro at The Summit 4. With the next Major, The Shanghai Major, on the horizon, EG finished second place at two more LANs: StarLadder behind Alliance and MDL Winter behind EHOME.
At The Shanghai Major, EG would once again finish in 3rd place. After once again easily topping their group, they met their eternal rivals Team Secret already in the second round of the Upper Bracket and were bested once again. They managed to battle through two rounds in the Lower Bracket, beating fellow North Americans compLexity Gaming and tournament surprise MVP Phoenix, Unfortunately, they were denied the chance at a rematch against Team Secret, as EG were swept by the runner-up Team Liquid in the Lower Bracket Final.
Roster Drama: The Manila Major[edit]
Shortly after the conclusion of the Winter Major, the team traveled to Split, Croatia, to participate at Dota Pit. The Bracket would have EG meeting Secret already in the second round. However, their rivals were unexpectedly eliminated by Natus Vincere, whom EG went on to beat to easily secure a spot in the Grand Finals, where they met MVP Phoenix once again. MVP took their revenge for Shanghai in spectacular fashion, handily beating EG in a 3:0 sweep.
Dota Pit, however, will not be remember for the matches that were played. On March 22nd 2016, shortly after the tournament concluded, Arteezy would once again depart EG to join their rivals Team Secret, this time taking long time EG member UNiVeRsE with him. This roster shuffle would shock the scene, especially since it also meant that the Champions of the Shanghai Major would kick two players off their roster: MISERY and w33. With only a few days left before the roster lock, the remainder of the team was desperate to fill the vacancies. Aui_2000 and BuLba made their return just in time to not break the roster lock. This time, Aui would be the carry for the team, while BuLba takes over UNiVeRsE's position in the offlane.
The new roster debuted a few weeks later at the WePlay Dota2 League in Kiev, Ukraine. Despite severely under performing in the group stage, the team was able to make a deep Lower Bracket run to finish in 3rd place, behind Vega Squadron and MVP Phoenix. Later that month, EG traveled to Moscow, Russia, to participate in the inaugural EPICENTER tournament. After a promising group stage, EG were knocked down to the Lower Bracket by Team Liquid (who went on win the entire tournament) and were subsequently knocked out by their North American rivals compLexity Gaming. This disappointingly early departure did not bode well for the team, especially with the third Major of the season, The Manila Major, coming up.
The Evil Geniuses were once again directly invited to the Major. However, after a disappointing Group Stage, which saw them get knocked down to the bottom half of their group by MVP Phoenix in a very short 2:0 sweep (the later game ending in less than 20 minutes), EG found themselves in the dreaded Lower Bracket. They were eliminated in the first round by Vici Gaming Reborn.
The International 2016: The Long Road through the Open Qualifier[edit]
Evil Geniuses were not the only top team suffering at the Major: Team Secret also were eliminated in the first round of the Lower Bracket and on June 9th, before the tournament had even ended, it was revealed that UNiVeRsE and BuLba would be traded between the teams. A few days later, Aui was once again removed from the team, Fear moved back to playing carry and zai returned to the team as roaming support. zai had spent the past year on the sideline, electing to finish high school before returning to competitive play. These roster changes unfortunately meant that EG had broken the roster lock and were now ineligible for a direct TI invite, let alone an invite the Regional Qualifiers. Thus, shortly after returning from Manila, the team got ready for the Open Qualifier, a brutal gauntlet of Bo1 against a vast field of amateur and semi-professional teams. The Open Qualifiers barely proved a challenge for EG, who easily secured a spot at the Regional Qualifiers, without dropping a single map. Similarly, the Regional Qualifiers would see EG taking the top spot in the Group Phase, dropping only one map to compLexity Gaming, whom they later went on to beat in the 1st place tiebreaker. With this, EG secured their spot at The International 2016.
Before TI, EG participated in one LAN, StarLadder, held in Los Angeles, California. There they were first dropped to the Lower Bracket by victors Natus Vincere and subsequently eliminated by the ex-Virtus.pro squad F.R.I.E.N.D.S. and finished in 5-6th place.
Despite their easy route through the Open and Regional Qualifiers, their recent LAN record had people questioning how well this EG squad would do at TI. Yet, they went on to defy the doubts, finishing second in their group, only behind the heavy favorites and double Major champions OG. In fact, EG only dropped one Bo2 series, to Alliance, the first game of which featured LD's infamous "DING DING DING, MOTHERFUCKER!". It would not be EG's only epic game of the tournament: on their way to the Upper Bracket Final, EG defeated EHOME in the first ever mega-creep comeback at an International, [19] on the back of several Dagon purchases and a Divine Rapier on UNiVeRsE's Faceless Void. In the end, EG were dropped out of the Upper Bracket Final by an unstoppable Wings Gaming and later were eliminated by Digital Chaos in the Lower Bracket Final to finish in 3rd place. It would be the team's 3rd top 3 finish at The International in a row.
Timeline[edit]
- August 30th - zai leaves the team.[24]
- September 1st - Fear leaves retirement and coaching position to return to active team.[25]
- December 19th - SVG departs from his role as coach.[26]
- December 20th - UNiVeRsE is released from the team. MISERY and BuLba join as captain and head coach, respectively.[27]
- March 22nd - Arteezy and UNiVeRsE leave to join Team Secret.[28]
- March 25th - BuLba and Aui_2000 join the team.[29]
- June 9th - BuLba leaves to join Team Secret, with UNiVeRsE returning to replace him.[30]
- June 13th - Aui_2000 leaves the team, with zai returning to replace him.[31]
- August 27th - zai is released from the team.[32]
- September 14th - Fear retires as a competitive player and becomes the coach of Evil Geniuses.[33]
- September 15th - The final team roster is announced: Arteezy, SumaiL, UNiVeRsE, zai, and Cr1t-.[34]
- February 21st - Evil Geniuses welcomes their new squad.[10]
- May 28th - After several weeks of inactivity due to a wrist injury, Fear transitions into a coaching position.[11]
- June 2nd - mason joins as Fear's replacement.[12]
- July 28th - mason is removed from the team.[13]
- August 22nd - Fear returns to active play.[14]
- January 13th - Pajkatt decides to leave the team to play with the all-Swedish squad eXperience Gaming.[3]
- February 3rd - Lacoste and Maelk officially join. DeMoN moves to a backup role.[4]
- May 8th - After a period of instability EG announces their new lineup.[5] MiSeRY, PlaymatE and Lacoste leave while Bulba and Universe join the team. DeMoN moves back to the active roster.
- September 12th - BuLba and UNiVeRsE leave team due to personal problems with some of the other team members.[6]
- October 19th - Jeyo and Bdiz officially join after standing-in for a while.[7]
- October 24th - Evil Geniuses announces their new Dota 2 division.[1]
Player Roster[edit]
Active[edit]
| Active Squad | Active Squad | |||||||||
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| ID | Name | Position | Join Date | |||||||
 Arteezy | ( Artour Babaev) | 1 | Join Date: 2016-09-15[34] |
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 SumaiL | ( Sumail Hassan) | 2 | Join Date: 2016-09-15[34] |
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 s4 | ( Gustav Magnusson) | 3 | Join Date: 2018-05-28[23] |
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 Cr1t- | ( Andreas Nielsen) | 4 | Join Date: 2016-09-15[34] |
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 Fly  | ( Tal Aizik) | 5 | Join Date: 2018-05-28[23] |
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Former[edit]
| Former Squad | Former Squad | |||||||||
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| ID | Name | Position | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team | |||||
| Arteezy | ( Artour Babaev) | 1/2 | Join Date: 2016-09-15[34] | Leave Date: - |
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| Fear | ( Clinton Loomis) | 1/2 | Join Date: 2017-09-01[25] | Leave Date: 2018-05-27[21] |
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| Suma1L | ( Sumail Hassan) | 3 | Join Date: 2016-09-15[34] | Leave Date: - |
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| Cr1t- | ( Andreas Nielsen) | 4 | Join Date: 2016-09-15[34] | Leave Date: - |
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| MISERY | ( Rasmus Filipsen) | 5 | Join Date: 2017-12-20[27] | Leave Date: 2018-05-27[20] |
 Five Dogs |
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| The International 2017 Squad | The International 2017 Squad | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Name | Position | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team | |||||
| Arteezy | ( Artour Babaev) | 1 | Join Date: 2016-09-15[34] | Leave Date: - |
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| Suma1L | ( Sumail Hassan) | 2 | Join Date: 2016-09-15[34] | Leave Date: - |
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| UNiVeRsE | ( Saahil Arora) | 3 | Join Date: 2016-06-09[30] | Leave Date: 2017-12-20[27] |
 Fnatic |
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| zai | ( Ludwig Wåhlberg) | 4/5 | Join Date: 2016-09-15[34] | Leave Date: 2017-08-30[24] |
 The Dire |
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| Cr1t- | ( Andreas Nielsen) | 4/5 | Join Date: 2016-09-15[34] | Leave Date: - |
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| The International 2016 Squad | The International 2016 Squad | |||||||||
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| ID | Name | Position | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team | |||||
| Fear | ( Clinton Loomis) | 1 | Join Date: 2014-08-22[14] | Leave Date: 2016-09-14[33] |
 Evil Geniuses (Coach) |
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| SumaiL | ( Sumail Hassan) | 2 | Join Date: 2015-01-07[15] | Leave Date: 2016-08-28[32] |
Evil Geniuses |
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| UNiVeRsE | ( Saahil Arora) | 3 | Join Date: 2016-06-09[30] | Leave Date: - |
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| zai | ( Ludwig Wåhlberg) | 4 | Join Date: 2016-06-13[31] | Leave Date: 2016-08-27[32] |
Evil Geniuses |
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| ppd | ( Peter Dager) | 5 | Join Date: 2014-02-21[10] | Leave Date: 2016-09-15[34] |
 WanteD |
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| Former Players | Former Players | |||||||||
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| ID | Name | Position | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team | |||||
| Aui_2000 | ( Kurtis Ling) | 1 | Join Date: 2016-03-25[29] | Leave Date: 2016-06-13[31] |
 Team Secret (Coach) |
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| BuLba | ( Kanishka Sosale) | 3 | Join Date: 2016-03-25[29] | Leave Date: 2016-06-09[30] |
Team Secret |
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zai  | ( Ludwig Wåhlberg) | Sub | Join Date: 2015-08-30[35] | Leave Date: 2016-05-24 |
 Kaipi |
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| Arteezy | ( Artour Babaev) | 1/2 | Join Date: 2015-08-14[18] | Leave Date: 2016-03-22[28] |
Team Secret |
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| UNiVeRsE | ( Saahil Arora) | 3 | Join Date: 2013-09-19[9] | Leave Date: 2016-03-22[28] |
Team Secret |
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| The International 2015 Squad | The International 2015 Squad | |||||||||
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| ID | Name | Position | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team | |||||
| Fear | ( Clinton Loomis) | 1 | Join Date: 2014-08-22[14] | Leave Date: - |
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| SumaiL | ( Sumail Hassan) | 2 | Join Date: 2015-01-07[15] | Leave Date: - |
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| UNiVeRsE | ( Saahil Arora) | 3 | Join Date: 2013-09-19[9] | Leave Date: - |
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| Aui_2000 | ( Kurtis Ling) | 4 | Join Date: 2015-01-07[15] | Leave Date: 2015-08-14[18] |
 Digital Chaos |
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| ppd | ( Peter Dager) | 5 | Join Date: 2014-02-21[10] | Leave Date: - |
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| Former Players | Former Players | |||||||||
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| ID | Name | Position | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team | |||||
| Arteezy | ( Artour Babaev) | 1/2 | Join Date: 2014-02-21[10] | Leave Date: 2015-01-07[15] |
Team Secret |
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| zai | ( Ludwig Wåhlberg) | 4 | Join Date: 2014-02-21[10] | Leave Date: 2015-01-07[15] |
Team Secret |
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| The International 2014 Squad | The International 2014 Squad | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Name | Position | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team | |||||
| Arteezy | ( Artour Babaev) | 1/2 | Join Date: 2014-02-21[10] | Leave Date: - |
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| mason | ( Mason Venne) | 1/2 | Join Date: 2014-06-02[12] | Leave Date: 2014-07-28[13] |
 Wizards&Priests |
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| UNiVeRsE | ( Saahil Arora) | 3 | Join Date: 2013-09-19[9] | Leave Date: - |
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| zai | ( Ludwig Wåhlberg) | 4 | Join Date: 2014-02-21[10] | Leave Date: - |
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| ppd | ( Peter Dager) | 5 | Join Date: 2014-02-21[10] | Leave Date: - |
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| Former Players | Former Players | |||||||||
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| ID | Name | Position | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team | |||||
| Fear | ( Clinton Loomis) | 1/2 | Join Date: 2011-10-24[14] | Leave Date: 2014-05-28[11] |
Evil Geniuses (Coach) |
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| Fogged | ( Ioannis Loucas) | 5 | Join Date: 2013-09-19[9] | Leave Date: 2014-02-21[10] |
 Team Dog |
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| MSS | ( Arif Anwar) | 2 | Join Date: 2013-09-19[9] | Leave Date: 2014-02-21[10] |
Team Dog |
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| Jeyo | ( Jio Madayag) | 1 | Join Date: 2012-10-19[7] | Leave Date: 2014-02-11[36] |
 Eyes of Tiger |
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| The International 2013 Qualifiers Squad | The International 2013 Qualifiers Squad | |||||||||
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| ID | Name | Position | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team | |||||
| Jeyo | ( Jio Madayag) | 1 | Join Date: 2012-10-19[7] | Leave Date: - |
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| DeMoN | ( Jimmy Ho) | 2 | Join Date: 2011-10-24[1] | Leave Date: 2013-09-19[9] |
Take Five |
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 SexyBamboe | ( Alaan Faraj) | 3 | Join Date: 2013-05-01[8] | Leave Date: 2013-09-19[9] |
 Super Strong Dinosaurs |
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| Fear | ( Clinton Loomis) | 4 | Join Date: 2011-10-24[1] | Leave Date: - |
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| Bdiz | ( Robert Tinnes) | 5 | Join Date: 2012-10-19[7] | Leave Date: 2013-09-19[9] |
 Team Dignitas |
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| Former Players | Former Players | |||||||||
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| ID | Name | Position | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team | |||||
| Maelk | ( Jacob Toft-Andersen) | 4 | Join Date: 2012-02-03[4] | Leave Date: 2013-05-01[8] |
Evil Geniuses (Coach) |
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| The International 2012 Squad | The International 2012 Squad | |||||||||
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| ID | Name | Position | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team | |||||
| Fear | ( Clinton Loomis) | 1 | Join Date: 2011-10-24[1] | Leave Date: - |
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| BuLba | ( Sam Sosale) | 2 | Join Date: 2012-05-08[5] | Leave Date: 2012-09-12[6] |
 Team Liquid |
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| DeMoN | ( Jimmy Ho) | 3 | Join Date: 2011-10-24[1] | Leave Date: - |
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| Maelk | ( Jacob Toft-Andersen) | 4 | Join Date: 2012-02-03[4] | Leave Date: - |
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| UNiVeRsE | ( Saahil Arora) | 5 | Join Date: 2012-05-08[5] | Leave Date: 2012-09-12[6] |
 Quantic Gaming |
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| Former Players | Former Players | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Name | Position | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team | |||||
 Lacoste | ( Dominik Stipic) | 3 | Join Date: 2012-02-03[4] | Leave Date: 2012-05-08[5] |
 Darer |
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| Original Squad | Original Squad | |||||||||
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| ID | Name | Position | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team | |||||
| Fear | ( Clinton Loomis) | 1 | Join Date: 2011-10-24[1] | Leave Date: - |
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| MiSeRy | ( Rasmus Berth Filipsen) | 2 | Join Date: 2011-10-24[1] | Leave Date: 2012-05-08[5] |
 Counter Logic Gaming |
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| DeMoN | ( Jimmy Ho) | 3 | Join Date: 2011-10-24[1] | Leave Date: - |
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| PlaymatE | ( Amel Barudzija) | 4 | Join Date: 2011-10-24[1] | Leave Date: 2012-05-08[5] |
 Eclypsia |
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| Pajkatt | ( Per Anders Olsson Lille) | 5 | Join Date: 2011-10-24[1] | Leave Date: 2012-01-13[3] |
 eXperience Gaming |
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Organization[edit]
Active[edit]
| Organization | Organization | |||||||||
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| ID | Name | Position | Join Date | |||||||
| Tallgeese | ( Phillip Aram) | COO | Join Date: 2015-07-?? |
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| GranDGranT | ( Grant Harris) | Streamer | Join Date: 2017-10-01[37] |
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| BuLba | ( Kanishka Sosale) | Coach | Join Date: 2017-12-20[27] |
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| Shannon_Mar1e | ( Shannon Marie Larkin) | Manager | Join Date: 2018-06-?? |
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Former[edit]
| Former Organization | Former Organization | |||||||||
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| ID | Name | Position | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team | |||||
| SVG | ( Avery Silverman) | Coach | Join Date: 2017-05-28 | Leave Date: 2017-12-19[26] |
Team World (Player) |
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| ReaverXai | ( William Burden) | Manager | Join Date: 2016-06-16[38] | Leave Date: 2017-09-?? |
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| Fear | ( Clinton Loomis) | Coach | Join Date: 2016-09-14[33] | Leave Date: 2017-09-01[25] |
Evil Geniuses (Player) |
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| ppd | ( Peter Dager) | CEO | Join Date: 2016-12-12[39] | Leave Date: 2017-08-30[24] |
The Dire (Player) |
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| ottersareneat | ( Alexander Garfield) | CEO | Join Date: 2005-??-?? | Leave Date: 2016-08-22 |
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| SVG | ( Avery Silverman) | Coach | Join Date: 2016-05-16 | Leave Date: 2016-08-19 |
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| Monolith | ( Charlie Yang) | Manager | Join Date: 2014-02-21 | Leave Date: 2016-03-06[40] |
Inactive |
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| Fear | ( Clinton Loomis) | Coach | Join Date: 2014-05-28[11] | Leave Date: 2014-08-22[14] |
Evil Geniuses (Player) |
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| Clairvoyance | ( Aaron Kim) | Coach | Join Date: 201?-??-?? | Leave Date: 2014-04-?? |
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| Maelk | ( Jacob Toft-Andersen) | Coach | Join Date: 2013-05-01[8] | Leave Date: 201?-??-?? |
 OpTic Gaming (Chief Gaming Director) |
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Achievements[edit]
| Date | Placement | LP Tier | Tournament | Results | Prize | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-08-25 | 3rd | Premier | The International 2018 | 0 : 2 | 
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$2,680,879 | |
| 2017-05-28 | 1st | Premier | The Manila Masters | 3 : 1 | 
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$125,000 | |
| 2016-10-02 | 1st | Premier | Mars Dota 2 League 2016 Autumn | 3 : 1 |
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$112,500 | |
| 2016-08-13 | 3rd | Premier | The International 2016 | 1 : 2 |
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$2,180,898 | |
| 2016-03-06 | 3rd | Premier | The Shanghai Major 2016 | 0 : 2 |
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$315,000 | |
| 2015-08-08 | 1st | Premier | The International 2015 | 3 : 1 | 
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$6,634,661 | |
| 2015-07-12 | 1st | Premier | Dota Pit League Season 3 | 3 : 0 |
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$126,055 | |
| 2015-02-09 | 1st | Premier | Dota 2 Asia Championships 2015 | 3 : 0 | 
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$1,284,158 | |
| 2014-10-26 | 1st | Premier | StarLadder StarSeries Season 10 | 3 : 2 |
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$105,291 | |
| 2014-07-20 | 3rd | Premier | The International 2014 | 1 : 2 |
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$1,037,778 | |
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Gallery[edit]
Rosters[edit]
Logos[edit]
Logo prior to March 30th, 2018
Original logo prior to September 2017
Highlight Videos[edit]
2016[edit]
- 2016-06-08 | Team Intro - Evil Geniuses by PGL at The Manila Major 2016
2015[edit]
- 2015-11-16 | Dota 2 - EG Champions of TI5 by Valve
- 2015-08-11 | TI5 Road to the Finals: EG by Valve at The International 2015
2012[edit]
- 2012-08-27 | Fnatic.EU vs EG.RC Highlights (Video) by Na'Vi at The International 2012
Trivia[edit]
- Evil Geniuses lead Liquipedia's organization money ranking.
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 Demon and Fear return with Evil Geniuses
- ↑ EG boycotts SMM 2011 with a forfeit
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "The Premier League Facebook Announcement". Facebook. 2012-01-13. Retrieved 2013-05-02.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Evil Geniuses officially add Maelk, Lacoste to Dota 2 lineup
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 Evil Geniuses announce official new roster
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Bulba, Universe to leave EG Dota 2
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 EG add Jeyo and Bdiz to Dota 2 roster
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 EG brings exciting changes to Dota 2 division!
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 9.8 9.9 Evil Geniuses change three. Demon is out
- ↑ 10.00 10.01 10.02 10.03 10.04 10.05 10.06 10.07 10.08 10.09 10.10 Evil Geniuses Welcome New Dota 2 Team
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 "Clinton "Fear" Loomis Sidelined by Injury". EvilGeniuses.gg. 2014-06-02.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 @EvilGeniuses (2014-06-02). "mason joins Evil Geniuses". Twitter.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 [1]
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 Fear returns
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 15.6 Will Partin (2015-01-07). "Open Season: Evil Geniuses at DAC 2015". evilgeniuses.gg.
- ↑ Dota Team (2015-08-11). "Evil Geniuses: Grand Champions". blog.dota2.com.
- ↑ Valve (24 April 2015). "The Dota Major Championships". dota2.com. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 Charlie "Monolith" Yang (2015-08-14). "Changes to the EG Dota 2 Lineup". Retrieved 2015-08-14.
- ↑ theScore Staff (2016-08-11). "Evil Geniuses pull off first comeback from Mega Creeps at an International". theScore esports. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 MiSeRyDOTA (27 May 2018). "I have been kicked from EG". twitter. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 FearDOTA (27 May 2018). "Don't worry guys, I'm off the EG Dota roster too.". twitter. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
- ↑ Evil Geniuses (27 May 2018). "Roster Update: Evil Geniuses Dota 2 departures". Facebook. Retrieved 2018-05-27.
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 Evil Geniuses (28 May 2018). "Roster Update: Evil Geniuses Dota 2 arrivals and Supermajor roster". Facebook. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 "Evil Geniuses Dota roster and company structure update". Facebook. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 "Evil Geniuses - News - Just when I thought I was out". Evil Geniuses. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 @SVGDota (2017-12-19). "I will no longer be coaching EG.". Twitter. Retrieved 2017-12-19.
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 27.3 "Evil Geniuses Dota 2 roster update". Evil Geniuses. 20 December 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 [2]
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 "Evil Geniuses Announces Dota 2 Roster Changes". Good Game Agency. 2016-03-25. Retrieved 2016-03-25.
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 30.2 30.3 Team Secret (2016-06-09). "The Road To The International 2016". Retrieved 2016-06-09.
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 31.2 [3]
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 32.2 "DOTA 2 MAJORS REGISTRATION". Valve Corporation. Archived from the original on 28 August 2016.
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 "DAY ONE FEAR RETIRES". Evil Geniuses. 2016-09-14. Retrieved September 14, 2016.
- ↑ 34.00 34.01 34.02 34.03 34.04 34.05 34.06 34.07 34.08 34.09 34.10 34.11 "The boys are back.". Twitter. 2016-09-15. Retrieved September 15, 2016.
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 Peterpandam (2015-08-29). "Happy to announce that my buddy @Zai_2002 will be our official sub for upcoming tournaments/majors.". Twitter.
- ↑ Jio 'Jeyo' Madayag joins EoT Hammer for the $57,000 Nexon Sponsorship League grand finals with interview
- ↑ Evil Geniuses (1 October 2017). "Welcome GranDGranT". Facebook. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
- ↑ @ReaverXai (2016-06-16). "Since it's pretty public now, yes, I've been working with @EvilGeniuses Dota 2 as their new manager alongside @Phillip_Aram". Twitter. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
- ↑ "Evil Geniuses stakes independence, becoming player-owned organization". evilgeniuses.gg. Archived from the original on 15 December 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
- ↑ Charlie Yang. "#BleedBlue". Twitter. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
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